Any 2020 Games NOT cancelled?

[ShaunMaxwell]

The Texas Scottish Festival is still on (in Decatur the first weekend in May). The other Springtime events I attend are going virtual (North Texas Irish Festival), have been rescheduled for the Fall (Sherman Celtic Festival), or canceled (San Antonio Highland Games).

We’ll see what happens with the Fall events (Houston Highland Games in September, Kerr County Celtic Festival in October, and the Salado Clan Gathering in November).

I suspect that the Fall events will take place, but who knows...

SM

[GrymJack]

The games are scheduled to be live on November 12-14 of this year. Clan sign up forms are supposed to be in the mail, if you did not receive them contact Liz Patronella or the Museum in Salado.

Jack

[CollinMacD]

Two day event in April 17 and 18th, Ormond Beach, (near Daytona), Florida.

http://ormondbeachcelticfestival.com/index.html

Still could be cancelled based on COVID-19 spiking...but looks good so far.

[SF Jeff]

San Diego, Sacramento and Monterey are officially canceled for this year. Pleasanton is still on hold. I think our only hope now (in CA) for a large sized gathering is Ventura in Oct. Some of the smaller events are still on hold.

[SF Jeff]

Maybe change the name of this thread to "Any 2021 Games NOT cancelled?"

[imrichmond]

In British Columbia, Canada, the Penticton HG (3 July) and the Campbell River Highland Gathering (10 August) have not yet been cancelled. I suspect the Penticton organizers are being a bit too optimistic and, with our provincial new COVID-19 cases reaching a daily record of over 1260 yesterday, I'm not hopeful for the Campbell River games either. Since we are now in a rampaging third wave of the pandemic, fuelIed mostly by the new variants, I really can't see large public events being allowed here before at least the late fall and perhaps not until next year.

[ThistleDown]

Entry tickets for the Braemar Gathering have been put on hold until May 1. The Oban Gathering/Argyll Highland Games are still scheduled for August 26. At last take, the World Pipe Band Championships are still scheduled for Glasgow Green mid-August. Others in Scotland remain scheduled: Aberdeen July 3, Inverary July 20, Hallkirk July 31, Bridge of Allan August 8, Aberfeldy August 13, Assynt August 13, Helmsdale August 21, Stirling (Virtual) August 21, Crieff August 22, Oban August 26, Glenurquhart August 28, Blairgowrie September 5, Pitlochry September 11.

Decisions to postpone to 2022 have already been taken by: the Macpherson Rally at Newtonmore, the Black Isle Agricultural Show, the Highland Field Sports Fair at Moy, the Inverness Gathering, and games at: Ardrossan, Gordon Castle, Cupar, Drumtochty, Forres, Kenmore, Alva, Lochcarron, Tomintoul, Durness, Balquhidder/Lochearnhead/Strathyre, Airth, St. Andrews, Arisaid, Dufftown, Killin, Isle of Skye, Abernethy, Glenisla, Cowal and Lonach.

There are undoubtedly others I don't yet know about.

EDIT: just after posting this I heard about three more still scheduled, Ballater 12 August, Bute 21 August and Perth (Virtual) in August. Also, that Atholl & Breadalbane, Cornhill, Strathmore, Ceres, Rosneath and Aboyne have been cancelled.

[Mael Coluim]

Maybe change the name of this thread to "Any 2021 Games NOT cancelled?"

Or post here. 2021 Scottish Highland Games Announcing Opening


http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...opening-97054/

[Ninehostages]

The Cobourg Highland Games in Southern Ontario have been postponed until September 11th. We'll see if they can stick to it. It sounds feasible if ENOUGH PEOPLE GET THEIR JAB and if it works against virus variation.

I noticed that the Western New York Celtic Festival in the Buffalo area is still going ahead for the weekend after that .... Sep't 18 but again, they will have to meet similar criteria. They are way ahead of the Canadian side on vaccination rates but way behind on infection rates so the border may still be closed, then.